WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2009

WATCHMEN: ZACK SNYDER TALKS DVD RELEASES

Watchmen director Zack Snyder said that the film will be released in two other versions following the theatrical version on March 6.

"We're hoping that we do, at the time of relase of the DVD release in July, they release a director's cut, which is three hours long," Snyder said at the Watchmen press junket on Wednesday. "In the fall, they're going to do the Black Freighter cut, which is all the ins and outs of the Black Freighter, which is the comic book within the comic book. We shot all of those. The final result of that is like a 3-hour, 30-minute/25-minute version of the movie which is everything. It's the kitchen sink version.

"It's really three different movies in a lot of way. I think the theatrical versions, which is radically strange in its own way, fits IMAX. I think the director's cut, which is almost three hours, is pretty most of the stuff that we shot, 99 percent of the stuff that we shot, which I like by the way."

Snyder said The Black Freighter material that will be incorporated is "just crazy" and will include all the material with the news vendor.

He said the director's cut is a harder version of the theaterical movie. "It's more violent, if you can imagine," he said. "It's slightly more sexy. It's more Manhattan nudity. It's just more of everything."

Look for more on Watchmen here in The Continuum every day leading into the movie's release.

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* Cartoon Network will be the home of Marvel Super Hero Squad, the new animated series based on the toy line. Twenty-six episodes are planned, with a late 2009 launch. Look for more details soon here in The Continuum.

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